HCFA Proposes Special Payment Limit Cuts For TENS Devices, Other DME
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare reimbursement for two-lead transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) systems will be reduced to $150, 57% below the current ceiling of $351, according to a proposed notice published in the Aug. 13 Federal Register.
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